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<p>Totally. Can’t wait for that pompous a-hole that wrote the find x to get his comeuppance. If he posted on CC I would rip his e-balls off.</p>
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<p>HAHAHA I laughed. I love it.</p>
<p>And PioneerJones, it’s even worse than that. People add in officer position for clubs they were never even part in or say they were part of a club for the whole year when they just went to one or two meetings. You just sit there and seethe and ask yourself, “really?” I mean we all have to sell ourselves to colleges and market ourselves in the best way possible, but that doesn’t mean we can lie to make ourselves look better.</p>
<p>It’s like those televised ads that seem so great but are actually the worst quality in the world when you use them. These people seem like they’re super smart, super leaders, and super committed to 1,000 different causes. But it’s just bs!</p>
<p>Rage.</p>
<p>I love how people always complain about students who are involved as “just doing it for college” or “selling themselves,” like it’s so god damn remarkable to like and care about something other than yourself.</p>
<p>^But the problem is, some of those times the student doesn’t have a particular interest in whatever they’re doing. If this manifests itself in charity, I wouldn’t complain (hey, charity’s charity, right?), but if it were more “oh I played this instrument, was president of these clubs/orgs, and did an unpaid internship with this big company…now will colleges like me??” then I’d get annoyed.</p>
<p>People do stuff that benefits them. HS’ers work for college, adults work to get paid and put food on the table. I don’t like it either, but it’s a truth of life (and a capitalist society) that isn’t going to change for a while.</p>
<p>One thing youcan do is make your character evident in your extra cirriculars. I like writing for instance, so I went for some awards and tried to get some recognition for it. On the other hand, I have no interest in math so I don’t do anything for it outside the classroom. Try to find things that you like doing AND are good for others AND help with college. In other words, the “win, win, win” things.</p>
<p>And then make sure to mock the kids who sell themselves to the type of school that will consider their application for approximately 5 minutes.</p>
<p>well, you sell yourself to colleges AND colleges sell themselves to you. that is the truth =)</p>
<p>and also, if they didn’t stress HS what would they stress? middle school?</p>
<p>I only do things that I want to do. That means I’m unattractive at top schools tho.</p>